Ladder

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Ladder - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Occurs only once, in the account of Jacob's vision (Gen. 28:12).

Ladder - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

LAD'DER, n.

1. A frame of wood, consisting of two side pieces, connected by rounds inserted in them at suitable distances, and thus forming steps, by which persons may ascend a building, _c.

2. That by which a person ascends or rises; means of ascending; as a ladder made of cords.

Lowliness is young ambition's ladder.

3. Gradual rise; elevation.

Mounting fast towards the top of the ladder ecclesiastical.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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